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A historic moment unfolds in Washington, D.C.
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Published: January 21, 2009
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More than a million people jammed the National Mall in Washington on Tuesday for the inauguation of President Barack Obama. By Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman
WASHINGTON — A vast, excited crowd bore witness Tuesday to a transfer of U.S. power like none before it. The blare of trumpets and thunder of cannon were familiar. The transition from Republican to Democrat had happened before.
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INAUGURAL TURNOUT
More than 1 million show up
Not long after Barack Obama’s election as president, as people from across the country requested tickets for the swearing-in ceremony, city officials in Washington predicted that as many as 4 million people might come for the historic inauguration.
Those estimates were lowered in recent weeks.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that security officials estimated the crowd at 1.8 million. The Associated Press reported more than 1 million people were on the National Mall and on the parade route.
Chris Casteel, Washington Bureau
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This, however, was white to black, a shattering of racial barriers finally made complete when Barack Obama made it through a bumbled oath-taking, delivered a momentous-by-definition speech and got back to being his unflappable self.
The Democrat who charged onto the national scene saying this was not a nation of red states and blue states, but the United States, became president while wearing a red tie, the Republican color.
Republican George W. Bush, president no more, wore a blue tie, the Democratic color.
"Everybody is behind him,” said Mikki Hill, 26, who traveled from Winston-Salem, N.
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